“I cannot give players minutes” – Mourinho challenges player to earn his place
Jose Mourinho has insisted that he is not going to give Gareth Bale minutes on the pitch to play himself into form and challenged the Welshman to perform consistently in training and earn the right to play.
Bale has not had the kind of impact he would have hoped for after completing a fairytale return to Tottenham Hotspur in the summer and does not look anywhere close to breaking into Mourinho’s first-choice eleven as things stand.
Reports indicate that the Spurs boss likes having Real Madrid loanee around at the club and that he has been a positive influence on the changing room but with half a season now gone, time is running out for the 31-year-old to show that he can still cut it at the top level.
When asked if the winger needs mi...